The Smarter Lunchrooms Movement is championed in the state of Maine by Let’s Go!, a nationally recognized childhood obesity prevention program of the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital at Maine Medical Center. Let’s Go! engages school nutrition programs as essential …
Inside Eyes: Getting Cafeteria Feedback from Peers
A useful strategy for improving our school meal programs is to elicit feedback from other school food experts. Who are these other school food experts? Why, they are the directors and managers from our neighboring school districts, of course! Such …
School Food Wisdom, Straight from the Source
There are many misconceptions about school food, from what it costs, to what’s in it and where it comes from. School lunch is often accused of being a factor in the childhood obesity problem in the US. Hundreds of thousands …
Let’s Go! Improving School Meals – Lessons From the Field
Let’s Go! Background:
Let’s Go! is a nationally-recognized childhood obesity prevention program committed to significantly decreasing childhood obesity rates in Maine by increasing healthy eating and active living in children from birth to age 18. Since 2006, Let’s Go! has …